14 THE MAGOT, OR BARBARY APE. 
The animal which is shown in the opposite engraving is one of the best 
known of the monkey tribe ; as it is tolerably hardy, it endures the change- 
able and chilly European climates better than most of its race. 
As its name implies, it is a native of Barbary, where it is found in great 
numbers, but has also been naturalized upon the Rock of Gibraltar. The 
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MAGOT, OR BARBARY APE.—(Macacus Jnnuus), 
‘Gibraltar MaGoTs are frequently mentioned in books of travel, and display 
great ingenuity in avoiding pursuit and discovering food. They keep to the 
most inaccessible portions of the rock, and scamper away hurriedly on the 
slightest alarm. But with the aid of a moderately good telescope, theit move- 
ments may be watched, and are very amusing. 
This monkey is not very widely spread, for, with the exception of the Rock 
of Gibraltar, it seems to be confined to Northern Africa. 
It is not a very large animal, as the full-grown males only measure 
about a yard in length, and the females are rather smaller. The general 
size of the Magot is about that of an ordinary bull-terrier dog. 
The colour of the fur is tolerably uniform, differing chiefly in depth of 
shade, and is of a clear greyish tint. 
Its walk on level ground is rather awkward, the animal making use of feet 
and hands for that purpose; but it climbs with ease and agility up trees 
or rocks, and in a domesticated state is fond of running up and down 
ropes, and swinging itself about in its cage. 
One of the last of the Macaques which we shall notice in this work is the 
monkey which is well known under the name of WANDEROO, or OUANDEROO, 
- as it is sometimes written, 
